Rio Branco Antbird

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Rio Branco Antbird
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thamnophilidae Genus: Cercomacra Species: C. carbonaria
Binomial name
Cercomacra carbonaria Sclater & Salvin, 1873

The Rio Branco Antbird (Cercomacra carbonaria) is a bird species in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil and Guyana.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

It was formerly classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN^[1]. But new research has shown it to be not as rare as it was believed. Consequently, it is downlisted to Near Threatened status in 2008^[2].

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• BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Cercomacra carbonaria. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 25 July 2007.
• BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.